Women can spin very well; but they cannot make a good book of cookery.

There is no book so poor that it would not be a prodigy if wholly made by a single man.

There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a man, you do him an injury; and, if he is overcome, you share his guilt.

Men who could willingly resign the luxuries and sensual pleasures of a large fortune cannot consent to live without the grandeur and the homage.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.